The famous Soviet and Russian actress Lia Akhedzhakova resigned from the Moscow theater, where she worked for 46 years, after openly criticizing the war in Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta reports. reported on Thursday.
Moscow Theater “Contemporary”. In February, the actress’ long career in the theater effectively ended when he canceled the production of “The Gin Game”, in which she was supposed to play the lead role. According to Novaya Gazeta, the next day the actress wrote a letter of resignation to the management of the theater.
Akhedzhakova, who has been a staunch critic of both Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its subsequent full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now plans to tour plays that were banned in Russia internationally, Novaya Gazeta reported, noting that IMarch of Akhedzhakova is performed in the staging of Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s play “My Grandson Veniamin”, banned in Cyprus.
Despite several offers to tour with other performances, Akhedzhakova does not plan to go abroad, Novaya Gazeta writes.
As an actress, Akhedzhakova appeared in more than 50 films, but is best known to Russian audiences for her role as Verochka, the secretary in the classic 1977 Soviet comedy The Office Romance.
Her further career at Suchasnik Theater was no less brilliant and brought her many awards and critical acclaim.
An outspoken human rights activist when she’s not behind the scenes, Akhedzhakova was awarded an award for her work in defense of “human rights through culture and art” by the now-disbanded Moscow Helsinki Group.
